Position, Direction and Transformation / Te Wāhi, Te Ahunga me te Panoni

English → Māori

A vocabulary list relationg to these aspects of mathematical understanding.

He rārangi kupu e pā ana ki ēnei peka o roto i te wānanga pāngarau.

above Noun, locative

runga

altitude, height, high, tall Noun, Adjective

teitei (kupu kē atu: tāroaroa [of a person], tiketike)

analogue clock Noun

karaka ringa (takenga mai: ringa - arm, hand)

angle Noun

koki

angle of depression Noun

koki tāheke

angle of elevation Noun

koki rewa

answer, product, quotient, result, solution Noun

otinga (takenga mai: oti – finished, completed) (kupu kē atu: hua)

anticlockwise Noun, Adverb, Adjective

kōaro

apparatus, device, equipment, instrument, tool Noun

taputapu

approximate Intransitive Verb, Adjective

āwhiwhi

axis Noun

tuaka (takenga mai: tuaka – midrib of a leaf)

axis of symmetry Noun

tuaka hangarite

backward Adverb

whakamuri

below, bottom, under Noun, locative

raro

bottom view Noun

tirohanga (mai i) raro

Cartesian coordinates, grid reference Noun

taunga tukutuku (takenga mai: taunga – position; tukutuku – grid)

centre Noun

pū (kupu kē atu: pokapū)

centre of enlargement Noun

pū whakarahi

centre of rotation Noun

pū huringa

clock, o'clock Noun

karaka (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: matawā)

clockwise Adjective, Adverb

whakatekaraka (kupu kē atu: ā-karaka)

close (near) Intransitive Verb, Adjective

tata (kupu kē atu: pātata)

co-ordinate plane Noun

papa taunga

co-ordinate, position Noun

taunga (takenga mai: taunga – resting place, anchorage) (kupu kē atu: takotoranga)

collinear points Noun

pūwāhi whakarārangi

compass (direction) Noun

kāpehu

compass (for drawing circles) Noun

tāporowhita (takenga mai: tā –to draw; porowhita – circle) (kupu kē atu: taputapu tuhi porowhita)

concrete model Noun

tauira ōkiko (takenga mai: ōkiko - physical; ō - pertaining to; kiko - body, substance)

concurrent lines, intersecting lines Noun

rārangi pūtahi

corner Noun

kokonga (kupu kē atu: akitu)

correct, right Intransitive Verb, Adjective

tika (kupu kē atu: tōtika)

degree (angle and temperature) Noun

putu (tohu: º) (takenga mai: putu - lie one upon another) (kupu kē atu: tākiri [kupu mino])

diagonal Noun, Adjective

hauroki

diagram Noun, Transitive Verb

hoahoa ~ina (takenga mai: hoahoa – plan of a house)

digital resource Noun

rauemi matihiko (takenga mai: rauemi – resource; mati – digit; hiko [tāhiko] – electronic)

direct route Noun

ara torotika (kupu kē atu: ahunga ā-manu)

direction, bearing, orientation, directed toward Noun, Intransitive Verb

ahu ~tia ~ nga (kupu kē atu: anga, aro ~nga)

distant, distance Noun, Adjective, Adverb

tawhiti (kupu kē atu: mamao)

east Noun

rāwhiti (kupu kē atu: waho)

east Noun

waho (kupu kē atu: rāwhiti)

enlarge, enlargement Noun, Transitive Verb, Adjective

whakarahi ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: whakanui ~a)

equal, congruent Adjective

ōrite (tohu: =)

extend, lengthen, continue (eg. a pattern) Transitive Verb

whakaroa ~tia (kupu kē atu: whakaauroa)

flip Noun, Intransitive Verb

kauhuri ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: huripoki)

floor plan Noun

hoahoa ā-papa

forward Adverb

whakamua

front view Noun

tirohanga (mai i) mua

geoboard Noun

papa tīrau (takenga mai: papa – board; tīrau – peg, stick)

geometry Noun

āhuahanga

glide reflection Noun

whakaata nekehanga

globe Noun

mahere ao porotaka (takenga mai: mahere - map; ao - world; porotaka - round [shape])

grid Noun

tukutuku

grid paper Noun

pepa tukutuku

half-turn (180˚) Noun

hurihanga haurua

horizontal Adjective, Noun, Intransitive Verb

huapae (kupu kē atu: pae, whakapae)

identity Noun

tūmau (takenga mai: tūmau – fixed, constant)

image Noun

mātātuhi (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] – print or mark of teeth; tuhi – draw, write) (kupu kē atu: otinga)

inside Noun, locative

roto

interactive map Noun

mahere pāhekoheko

interpret Noun, Transitive Verb

whakamāori ~tia

intersect, intersection Noun, Intransitive Verb

pūtahi ~tanga (takenga mai: pūtahi – join, meet)

invariant property Noun

āhuatanga pūmau (takenga mai: āhuatanga – property; pūmau – fixed, constant, permanent)

invariant, fixed, constant Intransitive Verb, Adjective

pūmau

inverse Noun, Adjective

kōaro

inverse rotation Noun

hurihanga kōaro

irregular, asymmetric Adjective, Intransitive Verb

hikuwaru (takenga mai: hikuwaru – crooked, asymmetrical)

isometric Noun, Adjective

inerite (takenga mai: ine – measure; rite - alike, corresponding)

isometric diagram Noun

hoahoa inerite

isometric grid Noun

tukutuku inerite

latitude Noun

ahopae (takenga mai: aho – line; pae – horizontal)

left side view Noun

tirohanga (mai i te taha) mauī

length, long Noun, Adjective

roa ~nga (kupu kē atu: whāroa)

limit of accuracy Noun

tepe o te tōtika (takenga mai: tepe – boundary, limit; tōtika –accurate, accuracy)

line of symmetry Noun

rārangi hangarite

line scale, linear scale (for a map) Noun

rārangi hurirahi

line symmetry, reflective symmetry Noun

hangarite whakaata

locus Noun

huanui (takenga mai: huanui – path, pathway)

longitude Noun

ahopou (takenga mai: aho - line; pou [poutū] - vertical)

map Noun

mahere

mathematical model Noun

tauira pāngarau

method, technique, convention, meaning Noun

tikanga

middle Noun, locative

waenganui

midpoint (of a line segment) Noun

pūwaenga (takenga mai: pū [pūwāhi] – point; waenga – the middle, midst)

mirror line Noun

rārangi whakaata (kupu kē atu: paeata)

north Noun

raki (kupu kē atu: tokerau)

north Noun

tokerau (kupu kē atu: raki)

north-east Noun

rāwhiti-mā-raki

north-west Noun

uru-mā-raki

object (before transformation) Noun

mātāoroko (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] – print or mark of teeth; oroko – for the first time)

opposite Noun, Adjective

tauaro (kupu kē atu: anganui)

order of symmetry Noun

tau hangarite

orientation Noun

ahu ~nga

orienteering Noun

awhe-ararau (takenga mai: awhe – go, travel; ara – path; rau - hundred, many)

overlap Noun, Transitive Verb

inaki

parallel Adjective

whakarara (takenga mai: whakarara – mark in parallel lines)

parallel line Noun

rārangi whakarara

peg board Noun

papa kōputaputa (takenga mai: board, surface; kōputaputa – pitted, full of holes)

perpendicular line Noun

rārangi hāngai

perpendicular, at right angles Adjective

hāngai (takenga mai: hāngai – across, at right angles, astride)

plan view Transitive Verb

tirohanga (mai i) runga (kupu kē atu: tirohanga ā-manu, hoahoa ā-manu)

polar coordinates Noun

taunga ahuroa (takenga mai: taunga – position; ahu – direction; roa – length)

predict, prediction Noun, Transitive Verb

matapae ~hia

proportional relationship Noun

pānga riterite (tohu: ) (takenga mai: pānga - relationship; pā - relate to, to be connected with; riterite - be alike, regular)

quarter-turn (90˚) Noun

hurihanga hauwhā

ratio scale (for a map) Noun

ōwehenga hurirahi

rear view Noun

tirohanga (mai i) muri

reflected image, mirror image Noun

mātātuhi whakaatanga (kupu kē atu: otinga whakaatanga)

regular (shape) Adjective

rite (kupu kē atu: ōrite)

representation Noun

whakaahuahanga

resource, learning materials Noun

rauemi (ako)

reflect, reflection, mirror Noun, Transitive Verb, Adjective

whakaata ~tia ~nga

right side view Noun

tirohanga (mai i te taha) matau

road map Noun

mahere huarahi

rotate, rotation, turn Noun, Transitive Verb

huri ~hia ~hanga

rotated image Noun

mātātuhi hurihanga (kupu kē atu: otinga hurihanga)

rotational symmetry Noun

hangarite hurihanga

scale Noun

āwhata (takenga mai: arawhata – ladder)

scale drawing, scale diagram Noun

hoahoa hurirahi (takenga mai: huri - to change; rahi - size) (kupu kē atu: tānga hurirahi)

scale factor (for enlargement, or reduction) Noun

tau hurirahi (takenga mai: tau – number; huri - to change; rahi – size) (kupu kē atu: tau whakarahi)

scale map Noun

mahere hurirahi

similar (in proportion) Adjective

rite

similar (shape) Adjective

ōrite te āhua

south Noun

runga (kupu kē atu: tonga)

south Noun

tonga (kupu kē atu: runga)

south-east Noun

rāwhiti-mā-tonga

south-west Noun

uru-mā-tonga

space, spatial Noun, Adjective

mokowā

statement scale (for a map) Noun

tauākī hurirahi

strategy Noun

rautaki (takenga mai: rau [rauhanga] – cunning, resourceful; taki – lead, bring along)

symmetrical, symmetry Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective

hangarite (takenga mai: hanga – shape; rite – alike, corresponding)

tesselate, tessellation, tiling, mosiac Noun, Intransitive Verb

rōpinepine (takenga mai: rōpine – place close together)

to plan or map Transitive Verb

whakamahere ~tia

transformation geometry Noun

āhuahanga panoni

transformation sequence Noun

raupapatanga panoni

translate, translation, move Noun, Transitive Verb

neke ~hia ~hanga (kupu kē atu: nuku)

translated image Noun

mātātuhi nekehanga (kupu kē atu: otinga nekehanga)

variable Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective

taurangi

vector Noun

pere

vertical Adjective, Intransitive Verb

poutū (kupu kē atu: pou, poupou)

vertical line Noun

rārangi poutū

view Noun

tirohanga

west Noun

rātō (kupu kē atu: uru)

west Noun

uru (kupu kē atu: rātō)

whole angle, full turn (360˚) Noun

koki huripū

zoom Intransitive Verb

topa (takenga mai: topa - to soar, swoop,)